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Anne Sweeney to Isabelle Stover, May 21, 1948

 
Accession number B:AS 1948.05.21B
Alternative title Letter from Anne Sweeney to Isabelle Stover, May 21, 1948
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Garden Library and Ribbon Walk
Date
1948
Work types
correspondence

Description

Typewritten letter acknowledges receipt of letter from Isabelle Stover, dated May 19, 1948. Anne Sweeney indicates only 1 book is already at Dumbarton Oaks from books offered on the list from H.W. Edwards of England. She has received a suggestion from Beatrix Farrand to purchase book on evergreens by Liberty Hyde Bailey. She ends by commenting on the wet weather.

Copy of original letter, unsigned.

Probably created by Anne Sweeney as she handled book orders for the garden library.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

books
titles (documents)
authors
flowers (plants)
roses
Robinson, W. (William), 1838-1935. Alpine flowers for gardens
Farrand, Beatrix (1872-1959)
Dumbarton Oaks
libraries (institutions)
lists (document genres)
shelves
acquisitions
weather
rain
spring (season)
letters (correspondence)
Bailey, L.H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. The cultivated conifers in North America
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)